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Bowman take second at NCCC tournament

SUFFIELD, May 26, 2016 – Canton junior Joe Bowman won two matches before falling to Ellington’s Micah Fox in straight sets in the championship match at No. 1 singles at the recent NCCC boys tennis tournament at Suffield High.

Fox beat Bowman, 6-1, 6-1 to win the league’s singles championship and help Ellington capture the league tournament with a 17-14 win over Granby. The Purple Knights had finalists in three of the four singles tournaments. Ellington and Granby shared the league championship with 13-1 records this spring.

Liam Connolly (No. 2 singles) and Brendan Shepard (No. 3 singles) each finished fourth in their respective tournament brackets.

At the Class S tournament in West Hartford, Connolly and Shepard both lost their first round matches in straight sets.

Bowman, seeded 11th, won his first two matches beating Harry Jones of Valley Regional, 6-2, 6-0 and William Micheson of Stonington, 6-3, 6-1. Bowman faces No. 6 seed Oliver Hasson of Northwest Catholic in the third round on Tuesday.

NCCC boys tennis tournament
At Suffield High
Top team results – 1. Ellington 17, 2. Granby 14, 3. Suffield 9, 4. Windsor Locks 7, 5. Canton 6
SINGLES
No. 1 – Micah Fox, Ellington def. Joe Bowman, Canton, 6-1, 6-1; 3. Fred Moffa, Granby def. Mark Labbe, Windsor Locks, 8-4
No. 2 – Chris Quealy-Munroe, Windsor Locks def. Alex Panek, Ellington, 6-2, 3-6, 10-6 (tiebreaker); 3. Owen Harter, Granby def. Liam Connolly, Canton
No. 3 – Kyle Johnson, Ellington def. Charlie Lange, Granby, 6-2, 4-6, 10-6 (tiebreaker); 3. Sam Pines, Suffield def. Brendan Shepard, Canton
No. 4 – Evan Holm, Granby def. Brad Pines, Suffield, 7-5, 6-2; 3. Dominic Scata, Ellington def. Connor Pingley-Bala, Enfield/Somers, 8-2
DOUBLES
No. 1 – P. Connolly/Z. Yahne, Suffield def. A. Main/M. Heller, Granby, 6-3, 6-3; 3. M. Weiner/L. Vandeventer, Ellington def. M. Emery/T. Hughes, Ellington
No. 2 – S. Deforge/N Welton, Ellington def. D. Babushkin/T. Stanton, Enfield/Somers, 7-6, 6-2
No. 3 – J. Frye/J. Zuffelato, Ellington vs. C. Juliano/C. Downes, Granby; 3. M. Wadi-Hamiden/M. Abidallah, Windsor Locks def. D. Chankiewicz/T. Evans-Dwight, Suffield, 8-5

NCCC boys tennis standings
                                NCCC     Overall
x-Ellington                 13-1       15-1
x-Granby                     13-1       13-3
Suffield                        9-5       11-6
Windsor Locks            7-7         9-8
Enfield/Somers           7-7         7-7
Canton                          5-9         5-9
Hartford Classical      1-13       5-13
Bolton                           1-13       1-13
x-shared league championship

 

Gerry deSimas, Jr., is the editor and founder of The Collinsville Press. He is an award-winning writer and has been covering sports in Connecticut and New England for more than 40 years. He was inducted into the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.

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